ECB, Fed Are Both Expected to Cut Rates. But Their Economies Have Very Different Outlooks.
President-elect Donald Trump's tariffs and political crises in France and Germany have darkened the outlook for the euro area.
Fed seen poised to cut rates this month, debate 2025 pause
Federal Reserve officials appear more likely to cut rates this month after data showed the U.S. labor market remained strong but continued to cool in November, with a deeper debate to come next year over whether to pause further rate reductions.
Inflation ticked up again in November. Will the Fed cut rates next week?
Still, Barclays expects inflation to resume its descent, falling to 2.1% by spring before President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on imports boost price increases back to 2.6% by the end of 2025, assuming he imposes the levies. Core inflation is expected to end next year at 3.1%, also virtually flat, Barclays predicts.
The Fed Cut Interest Rates. Here's Why This Excellent High-Dividend Stock Is a Buy.
A falling-interest-rate environment is generally a positive catalyst for the stock market. With lower rates from risk-free investments such as CDs, more money rotates into riskier assets like stocks. Plus, lower borrowing costs make people more comfortable with spending money, leading to increased economic activity.
Inflation increased in November, complicating Fed's next rate decision
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November compared to a year ago, ticking upward from the previous month and potentially giving pause to the Federal Reserve as it weighs an interest rate cut expected next week.
Muted wholesale inflation report likely gives final go-ahead for Fed to cut interest rates
A key measure of U.S. wholesale inflation posted a small increase in November and probably added the final nail in the coffin of a widely expected reduction in interest rates next week. The less volatile core measure of the producer price index rose a scant 0.
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Traders add to bets the Fed will keep cutting rates next year
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With Fed rate cut looming, bitcoin holds above six-figure mark
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates next week, helping bitcoin prices stay above $100,000. Lowered ...
The Fed slashed interest rates, but some credit card APRs aren’t going down. Here’s why.
But when the Fed started slashing interest rates in September, with an initial cut of half a percentage point, the average ...
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Mortgage Predictions: New Inflation Data Cements a Fed Cut Next Week
Two data points are key for the Fed to cut interest rates by 0.25% next week at its final policy meeting of the year: ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | Rates Are Flat, Even as Inflation Ticks Up
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates haven't moved much this week in spite of last month's higher ...
Mortgage refinance demand surges 27% as interest rates drop for the third straight week
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) ...
Home equity rates fall across the board ahead of the Fed’s next meeting
Chief among them: changes to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. New home equity loans and HELOCs are tied to the prime ...
Fed-funds futures point to higher chance of Fed rate cut after CPI data
Traders in the federal-funds market were pricing in a near certain probability that the Federal Reserve will cut rates next week. Fed-funds futures pointed to an almost 98% chance that the Fed will de ...